PH expected to sign 'number of agreements' in Laos, says Concepcion

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PH expected to sign 'number of agreements' in Laos, says Concepcion  Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion 3rd says on Oct. 9, 2024 that a number of agreements are expected to be signed during the visit of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in Vientiane, Laos. Concepcion, vice chairman of the MSME Development Council, will join the President at the interface of the the Asean Business Advisory Council.   Video by Catherine Valente  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital  Sign up to our newsletters: https://tmt.ph/newsletters   Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #themanilatimes #tmtnews  #marcos  #asean

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00:00Well I am the ASEAN back for Philippines. So in 2026 we will host. This will be the second time

00:08I would experience being a host. The last time was during the Duterte's time. So that was a very

00:18successful event in the Philippines. Many of the world leaders like Donald Trump, etc. Modi all

00:24attended. So we are hoping to duplicate that again in 2026. And of course our president wants

00:32to make sure that this is a successful event especially ASEAN is very close to. You know

00:38it's very important that we work within the 10 countries to be able to scale up and that's

00:45our objective. Even in Godegosho that's what we are trying to do. Scale up our MSNBs. Same

00:51as countries they want to scale up as well. But you need the whole citizen to start to reskill and

00:59get help on their negotiations so that they can expand. I would say of the ASEAN countries

01:05most of them are countries are very heavily dependent on the economy.

01:13Because we all realize that especially those who are not as fortunate as the other successful

01:19countries like Japan, Singapore, countries like the Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, etc.

01:26Vietnam, Cambodia. It's very important that we focus on our small entrepreneurs. Get them to

01:34grow, scale up, reskill our workers if need be so that they can be employable easily and they can

01:41even start their own business. And the youth is another priority for the Philippines. We have

01:47launched the youth preneur and the boardroom and that is very effective because the youth is the

01:53promise the future of our country. So if we want them to have an enterprising mindset you don't

01:58teach that when you're 60 years old. You teach that when they're 15 years old. I believe so that

02:04there will be a number of MOAs that will be signed. We have one that's coming up with the

02:13Secretary of Agrarian Reform, Secretary Estrella. That's on the availability of land but we will

02:20wait for that to happen. We're close to signing a MOA together with the big brothers of agriculture

02:30So we have started one of the legacy projects of the Philippines of 2026 will be the ASEAN Food

02:37Security Alliance that is getting all the big brothers of each of the 10 countries to come

02:42together in agriculture. So one area the focus will be agriculture because most of our MSMEs are in agriculture.

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